"Dale Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm gonna have to disagree with that statement. At least in part. The MAU
> that I have, STAR-TEK, ( I can't even find out how old it is, no Url.)
> 828AT, has 1-8 ports and a Ri and a Ro also. Tell me if yours is
> the same way?
We have to qualify this statement:
> Ports 1 and 8 on a MAU are reserved for ring in and ring out for daisy
> chaining MAU's. You cannot use them for stations.
This applies specifically to the IBM 8228 Token Ring MAU, which is the
device referred to in the original post.
Edward Solomon
CCNA, CCSI
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Networking Solutions
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